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brownish colour like the Rose Apple" Like M. dispar (above 
described) it is also called ** Amapumbulo” by the natives. 
188. Mimusops oleifolia, IN. E. Brown [Sapotaces]; ramis cinereis 
glabris, foliis ] petiolatis anguste lanceolatis utrinque angustatis apice 
obtusis basi acutis coriaceis glabris, floribus axillaribus solitariis, 
latis acutis extus dense adpresse brunneo-pubescentibus intus minute 
puberulis interioribus lineari-lanceolatis acutis extus puberulis intus 
— iae petalis 24 triseriatis 16 exterioribus lineari-lanceolatis 
s 8 
joribus lanceolatis mee (siccis 
ginibus subundulatis) glabris, staminibus 8 cum petalis 
exterioribus æquil l -oblo ublonge ; qqiculatid 
m filamenta subulata pubescentia triplo longioribus, staminodiis 
anguste pera ee acutis dorso marginibusque basi adpresse 
hirsutis, ovario ovoideo stylo attenuato adpresse pubescente. 
Habitat.—Natal, Gerrard, 1642. 
Foliorum petioli 2-3 lin. longi, lamine 1-2 poll. longe, 21-4 li 
late. . Pedicelli 8—10. lin. longi. Sepala 34 lin. longa, extend 
1} lin. lata, interiora $ lin. lata. Petala exteriora 21-22 lin. longa, 
4 lin. lata, interiora 3-31 lin. longa, 1 lin. lata. Pre ee 
4 lin. longa, antherz 2 lin. longe. Staminodia 11-2 io 
Very distinct in foliage from any other African species ; us leaves in 
form and size resembling those of Olea europea, L. 
159. Jasminum um primulinum, Hemsl. (Oleacem]; J- nudifloro valde 
| affinis et hujus: mre forsan varietas uie utt foliis tem ete as 
sepius jam bene evolutis foliolis oblongo lanceolatis minute apiculatis 
scaberulo, coroll: tubo brevi lobis latis UIEDdO: ronds sese 
_obtegentibus. 
Habitat.—Western China : hedges and — at Mongtse, Yunnan, 
Hancock, 
Foliola 1-2 a longa, lateralia quam M minora. — 
14-1 l. diametro. 
' Whether this be entitled to rank as spec ia. different from 
J. nudiflorum or not, is a me that can hardly be answered without 
further knowledge of the two forms. It is possible that J. n udiflorum 
may have deteriorated in our aako; but there are no wild specimens | 
in the Kew Herbarium to give evidence on this point. "Denéeally 
peaking, cultivation increases the size of the flowers; yet the flowers of 
the wild specimens of our J. primulinum are nearly double the size of - 
those of the cultivated J. midiftorum. Mr. Hancock states that the 
flowers appear before the leaves, but in all of his specimens except one 
branch the leaves are fully developed with the flowers. A figure of this 
plant will shortly appear in Hooker's cones Plantarum 
160. Jasminum nummularifolium, Baker [Oleacez |; sarmento 
pubescentibus, foliis subcoriaceis trifoliolatis glabris 
foliolo terminali orbiculari, floribus in paniculas laxas dispositis, ramulis 
dense tibus, calycis dentibus lanceolatis tubo campanulato 
brevioribus, corolla albe tubo elongato cylindrico, lobis 5 oblongis tubo 
triplo brevioribus. ` 
